WATCH: When it comes to saving the day and the environment, Vortex Man puts Batman and Superman to shame.

PSA - Vortex Man

Before fans learn more about the environmental hero's origins in a new comic-book issue scheduled to be released on Earth Day, Circa interviewed Vortex Man's creator to discover the real-life inspiration behind the character.

Vortex Man, in green in the left foreground, is an environmentally conscious comic-book superhero. (Photo courtesy of Lori Charlton.)

Sources of pollution inspired many of the characters in the comic book, including Agro, who spreads GMOs in farmland; Methane Menace, who wreaks havoc with landfill gases; and Frakk, whose drilling threatens the earth's integrity.

Kevin Pelletier, Vortex Man's chief editor, has been a fan of the duo's work for decades. "I realized that, growing up in the '80s, I read all [their] comics," Pelletier told Circa. "Once I realized what their experience was ... I thought, 'Oh, my goodness, I'm a part of something really great.'"